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Posted on Aug 10, 2008

Unabe to print

I have shut the printer down
There is no paper jam
All the inks are good
Could it be the pnter heads and they need service
Is it worth while having the machine serviced or should i get another printer

  • Anonymous Aug 11, 2008

    i have the same poblem was printing then next page it came up error cant print.. have this machine error code 4f . to view what the error code is press menu/set , black start, 0 the hit 88 then stop/exit and it will give u a error code.

  • docwhizzie Oct 16, 2008

    machne was working fine, then the copy started to look faded. I cleaned the black ink many times, but it did no good. Finally the copy was blank.

    The color works fine. I plan to purchase a cleaning cartridge to see if it

    helps the problem.

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Needs a new print head and ink bloter. find a cheap one from ebay or amzon and replace it..

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This may work for you, it has worked for many here I given this advice so gave it a try it could work for you. Generally when this happens, something has fallen into the printer, or a piece of paper has been jammed in there.

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bullet.gif Eleven flashes: Cannot perform automatic print head alignment correctly
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